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It's doable for the NSW government: we should have a Cessnock rail service

An invaluable Hunter passenger train service is ready and waiting.

Newcastle Herald

MP repays travel card bill for smokes, doughnut after media stunt

A budget estimates grilling raised queries about taxpayer money.

Newcastle Herald

Up in smokes: Daily Tele’s taxpayer-funded ciggies help Labor minister destroy travel card

News Corp reporter bought a pink doughnut, a soft drink and tobacco as part of a NSW government endorsed media stunt. Plus: cartoonists go their own way

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New Maitland mental health centre, with Morisset move

Morisset Kestrel medium secure forensic unit to be moved.

Newcastle Herald

Out of the classroom and into Hansard: Maitland students witness historic budget speech

A quick schedule shuffle and the Year 10 Commerce class were suddenly witnessing history.

Newcastle Herald

Lake Macquarie council wants budget cash for Morisset road upgrade

Newcastle is ineligible for a new regional road repair fund.

Newcastle Herald

Millions for regional roads to be announced in Hunter

The budget measure is billed as a 'fairer structure'.

Newcastle Herald

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Regional trainee, apprentice travel pass under review after Labor finds $250 card comes with $900 price tag

A travel card designed to ease cost-of-living burdens in regional NSW could be scrapped as a Labor minister says the money may be better allocated to road repairs.

ABC News

'Cat meow': Labor's Jenny Aitchison says she heard sound from opposition bench

No MP has owned up to making the sound.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter MPs wait to hear if they'll survive rumoured cabinet cull

Will the Hunter have five MPs on the frontbench when the dust settles?

Newcastle Herald

Labor MPs push for 'fair share' for Hunter as Minns leads red wave

The Hunter's Labor MPs say they will have strength in numbers when it comes to getting a fair share for the region from the newly elected state government.

Newcastle Herald

RED LETTER DAY: Labor celebrating as Liberals take stock of dismal election night

A woeful night for the Liberals as Hunter MPs improved their already large margins.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter MP under fire over bus industry donations

The Coalition has accused the shadow regional transport minister of a conflict of interest for taking tens of thousands of dollars in donations from the private bus industry.

Newcastle Herald

Struggling Hunter hospital tops state's patient walkout list

Maitland MP Jenny Aitchison says data showing the town's new hospital has the highest patient walkout rate in NSW is more evidence the health system needs "structural repair".

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Martins Creek Quarry plan submissions extended

State Member for Maitland Jenny Aitchison is encouraging people to have their say on the proposal to expand Martins Creek Quarry, after the Independent Planning Commission re-opened public submissions until the end of this month.

Newcastle Herald

Singleton bypass families angry at 'lowball' compulsory acquisition prices

'Highway robbery' at the Singleton bypass

Newcastle Herald

'Maitland Hospital needs more staff - it's that simple'

MP's Maitland Hospital staffing petition.

ABC News

Country NSW mayors call for urgent road funding after devastating floods and heavy rain

Mayors in country NSW are calling on the state and federal governments to fund urgent works after floods and heavy rain cause $2.5 billion in road damage.

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Gillieston redevelopment will become a reality in 2023

It is seven years in the making but now parents finally know when work is going to begin.

Newcastle Herald

Gillieston redevelopment will become a reality in 2023

It is seven years in the making but now parents finally know when work is going to begin.

Newcastle Herald

Maitland nurses burnt out, overworked but refusing to give up the fight for ratios

They're burnt out, overworked and at the end of their tether - but Maitland nurses still have some fight in them yet.

Newcastle Herald

Will Perrottet's long-awaited drug reforms work?

Cessnock MP Clayton Barr said the "two chances concept is pretty fair and reasonable".

Newcastle Herald

Maitland MP says leave issues for nurses cut off in floods has been fixed

Maitland MP Jenny Aitchison says issues nurses cut off by floodwater had with access to disaster leave have been resolved after she made an urgent case to NSW Regional Health Minister Bronnie Taylor.

Newcastle Herald

Nurses isolated by floodwater forced to use their own leave for time off

In the height of the COVID-19 crisis, nurses like Maitland Hospital's Jessica Coleman worked overtime without complaint to care for the sick and elderly.

Newcastle Herald

Demand for serious investment in flood-prone areas after Maitland's close call with levee bank

A narrow escape with catastrophe after structural concerns with the levee bank threatened to swamp Maitland CBD on Friday has reinforced the need for serious investment in the Hunter's water infrastructure.

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